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Coffin suites and prison cells: Is this the world's WEIRDEST hotel?
Ever fancied sleeping in a coffin? Or perhaps you would prefer a flying bed? This German hotel has some bizarre rooms that it claims are works of art.
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Here’s How Easy It Could Be for Hackers to Control Your Hotel Room
Shenzhen is the Silicon Valley of mainland China. Situated about 50 minutes north of Hong Kong, the modern city is home to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and numerous high-tech giants and startups. So naturally, the city’s five-star hotels regularly host wealthy moguls in their luxury rooms. Last year, one of those hotels also hosted a hacker from Spain who discovered that he could seize control of the wealthy guests’ highly-automated rooms.
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What it will be like to stay on board a space hotel
After a tiring 300km journey, there will be no time to relax because zero gravity will have you in an uncontrollable spin. The trick is to find your centre of mass, usually just behind your belly button. Once you learn how to push off objects along an imaginary line running through this point, you can stop spinning and move around.
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North Korea to build underwater hotel in East Coast city of Wonsan
North Korean authorities have announced an expansive development project for the east coast city of Wonsan that will include the construction of an underwater hotel, a Pyongyang Times article said last Tuesday. The ambitious plan, which focuses on the construction and development of infrastructure and buildings primarily related to the leisure sector, will see Wonsan become a “tourist city,” the Pyongyang Times said.
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Hilton is betting $550 million on smartphone technology in a race to win over millennials
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. is placing a $550 million bet that hotel guests increasingly will use smartphones to choose rooms, check in and even unlock doors.
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We Spoke to the Manager of Gaza's Five-Star Hotel
Sitting to the north of Gaza City, right on the gleaming white beach, lies the Al-Mashtal hotel. From the right angle, at the right time of day, this 200-room oasis looks like any other luxury escape. Shimmering palm trees ring an azure blue swimming pool, and a beach view to the north stretches as far as the eye can see. Back in early July, the hotel was priming itself for a decent season, with guests tweeting holiday snaps from the balcony.
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Hotel fines $500 for every bad review posted online
A hotel in tony Hudson, NY, has found a novel way to keep negative reviews off Yelp and other sites — fine any grousing guests. The Union Street Guest House, near Catskills estates built by the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers, charges couples who book weddings at the venue $500 for every bad review posted online by their guests.
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Plans for floating snowflake hotel with view of the Northern Lights
If you want to get the best view of Aurora Borealis, it is best to be as far away from light pollution as possible. So this new floating hotel could be the perfect answer for holidaymakers who want to spend their evenings looking skyward for a glimpse of the glorious Northern Lights. Rather appropriately, the new luxury hotel will be shaped like a snowflake and will be based in the fjords near the Norwegian town of Tromso, which sits within the Arctic Circle.
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Aloft Hotel to Begin Testing ‘Botlr,’ a Robotic Bellhop
Think of it as the Terminator’s human-friendly sibling. In a hotel lobby across the street from Apple’s corporate campus, a desk clerk places a razor in the bin of a three-foot-high robot and taps in a room number on a display. The robot, “Botlr,” chirps an R2-D2-style acknowledgment and rolls off to an elevator and its final destination.
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Robot butlers 'a gimmick', says hotel workers' union
A US hotel chain has been criticised over its plans to introduce robot butlers to its workforce. Starwood is currently trying out the machines with a view to using the butlers in 100 hotels across the world. The butler is able to bring guests items such as towels and toothbrushes, freeing human staff for other activities, the company said.
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Selling the Plaza Hotel, From an Indian Jail Cell
Some people land in jail and have to sell off some prized assets in order to make bail. Then there’s Subrata Roy, who may have to part with the Plaza Hotel, not to mention some other prized properties in New York and London.
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OMG! You Can Now Have a Sleepover at IKEA
That's right, our favorite furniture superstore is teaming up with Airbnb to transform itself into a hotel. Well, kind of.
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Hotel chain's program encourages tips for maids
Do you leave a tip in your hotel room for the maid? Marriott is launching a program with Maria Shriver to put envelopes in hotel rooms to encourage tipping. The campaign, called "The Envelope Please," begins this week. Envelopes will be placed in 160,000 rooms in the U.S. and Canada. Some 750 to 1,000 hotels will participate from Marriott brands like Courtyard, Residence Inn, J.W. Marriott, Ritz-Carlton and Renaissance hotels.
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Silence is the latest trend in luxury resorts
People will pay a lot of money for some peace and quiet.
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The holidays of 2024: Space travel, underwater hotels and endangered species
A decade from now the richest of us will be journeying into space to get away from it all, while the rest of us holiday underwater and travel to newly accessible countries in a bid to be the last person to see a species before it goes extinct, according to a newly released report by Skyscanner.
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Marriott to pay $600,000 fine for blocking customers’ WiFi
Marriott International Inc. was fined $600,000 (U.S.) by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for blocking hotel customers from connecting to the Internet on personal WiFi networks in order to force them to pay for the hotel’s networks.
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Hilton to Sell the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to Chinese Insurance Company for $1.95 Billion
It's where the Waldorf salad was invented; it was the first hotel to offer room service; and it has its own railway platform to Grand Central, large enough to fit FDR's car. The historic tidbits about
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Rent the Ultra-Opulent Plaza Pad of Kazakhstan President’s Nephew for $55K a Month
Daniyar Nazarbayev, the ultra-rich nephew of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, is now leasing his equally ultra-luxurious four-bedroom at The Plaza Hotel for $55,000 a month, reports the N
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Downtown Phoenix hotel evacuated after explosion
Guests at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Phoenix were evacuated after several explosions were reported before 11 a.m. Saturday. Phoenix Fire Department says crews arrived on scene of the two-alarm incident and later found after investigating that a fire had been contained in the electrical room by sprinklers.
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Alohomora: There's a new Harry Potter themed hotel
Whether you’re a Potter maniac or just a muggle who wants a glimpse into the life of the wizarding world, the Georgian House hotel, a 163-year-old property near Victoria Station, now has rooms that replicate the famous chambers at Hogwarts.
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